SIXTIES

sixties, mid-sixties

(noun) the time of life between 60 and 70

sixties

(noun) the decade from 1960 to 1969

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

sixties

plural of sixty

sixties pl (plural only)

Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)

The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69.

(temperature, rates, pluralonly) The range between 60 and 69.

Adjective

sixties (not comparable)

From or evoking the 61st through 70th years of a century (chiefly the 1960s).

Noun

Sixties pl (plural only)

The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc. (but especially the 1960s)

(US) A period in American history centered around the counterculture movement of the late 1960s.

Synonyms

• 1960s, '60s, 60s

Source: Wiktionary


SIXTY

Six"ty, a. Etym: [AS. siextig; akin to G. sechzig, Goth. saíhs tigjus. See Six, Ten, and cf. Sixteen.]

Definition: Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.

Six"ty, n.; pl. Sixties (.

1. The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

2. A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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